Quick Start Guide BCF Manager Tekla Structures

Quick Start Guide BCF Manager Tekla Structures

This Quick Start Guide describes the basic online workflow of the BCF Manager for Tekla. It will get you up and running in no time.

Online workflow BCF Manager

  1. Start Tekla Structures
  2. Load the model(s) for which you want to create or review issues in Tekla
  3. Go to the right side of the screen and click on the "Applications & Components" button
  4. Type 'BCF' in the search window
  5. Double click the BCF icon to open the BCF Manager pop-up window



    If the BCF manager icon is not visible, please try the procedure one more time after restarting Tekla Structures.
    If you are a first time user, then first Activate your BCF Manager.

  6. Connect to a project on BIMcollab Nexus from the BCF Manager (1)
  7. If there are already issues present in the project you connect to, they will be displayed in the issue list (2)
  8. Create new issues manually (3)
  9. Select issues in the issue list to see its details (4)
  10. When an issue is selected, you can quick edit it (5) or add a new comment to it (6)
  11. Double click the issue to zoom to its viewpoint in the model in Tekla
  12. When you have made all the necessary changes, synchronize the project to BIMcollab Nexus, to share the issues with your team members (7)


To know how to use the BCF manager without connecting to a project in BIMcollab Nexus, consult the article about the offline workflow with the BCF Manager.

The BCF Manager window


  1. New offline project
  2. Import and save a BCF file
  3. Connect to a project on BIMcollab Nexus
  4. Synchronize project
  5. Display settings issues list
  6. Search
  7. Edit, create or delete an issue
  8. BCF options
  9. Name of project you are connected to
  10. Active filter and Filter issues
  11. Issue list
  12. Add viewpoint to the selected comment (only visible when comment is selected)
  13. Edit snapshot of the selected comment (only visible when comment is selected)
  14. Delete viewpoint of the selected comment (only visible when comment is selected)
  15. Zoom-to options
  16. Viewpoint information
  17. Show snapshot of the selected issue or comment
  18. When an issue is selected: Description of the issue
    When a comment is selected: Edit the selected comment
  19. Snapshot of the selected issue or comment
  20. Quick edit of the selected issue
  21. Add a comment
  22. View comments of the selected issue
  23. View details of the selected issue
  24. Comment or details of the selected issue


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